One step up from fishtank-filter-filler

[markab]

Then I made small holes in other fluffy-toys I have laying around.... and they all had the same stuff in them (from different brands and different sellers). So it looks like all or many fluffy toys have what we need inside them

Hi Katink,
Once word gets out, all of your stuffed toys will be going into hiding

As mentioned previously I would approach using this very cautiously. You may find the polyester, or anything it's treated with leeches out into your e-liquid
Good luck with your testing!

Regards,
Mark

[GTOrichie]

one way of testing for alot of toxins is to take your substance heat it to the level of a hot atomizer and boil it in distilled water then send a sample of the water off to a water testing lab Water Quality Test Kit (Pro-Water-Quality) - Wellness Products & Magnetic Bracelets that way you can test for leaching, it's far from a perfect test but it should give you some idea of what you are dealing with.

[markab]

Hi GTO,
Although I think you have the right idea, the link you supplied, along with many other home "test kits" only test for a handful of the many dozens of potentially harmful/carcinogenic substances that we don't want to be vaporizing, and inhaling into our lungs. I suspect that a thorough chemical analisis would be very costly

Regards,
Mark

one way of testing for alot of toxins is to take your substance heat it to the level of a hot atomizer and boil it in distilled water then send a sample of the water off to a water testing lab Water Quality Test Kit (Pro-Water-Quality) - Wellness Products & Magnetic Bracelets that way you can test for leaching, it's far from a perfect test but it should give you some idea of what you are dealing with.

[GTOrichie]

I know of a couple of labs in the UK that will conduct more in depth testing but expensive dosen't even come close to it lol. I wanted to get my water tested a while back when I was building my brewery and In the end I just tested the basics myself as it was so costly.
there are companys that will do a expected toxin test, you send them a list of what you think might be leaching and they just test for those, It costs x amount per toxin but I can't find any links on the costs although its probly not cheep.

[katink]

Polyester itself is well... polyester like all polyester; and this kind is clearly clean, no dust or small particles/thread-ends in it... and as to additives to this particular wadding: again, if kids and pets can chew on it, salivate it all wet, and then chew some more on it... then I'm not concerned with safety at anything near normal temperatures, I trust that this will be taken care of as to safety.
Only small chance of something not-okay might be if additive gets very hot (or if polyester burns from the atomizer of course; but then we know that must be avoided allready, nothing new there). Seeing this additive is a fire-repellant, of all things, I don't expect it to give any reactions when just being heated up to "proximity-of-atomizer-temps"; but that is worth looking into just to be positively able to exclude this. So I will be ordering one of those kits, thanks for that link too GTO (and what do you know, this firm even delivers worldwide while being US-based, nice!)

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

Well I suppose it must a requirement for the stuffing of children's toys not to give off toxic fumes when burning, or smoldering. And I suppose inhalation of it in the short term is no big deal. But prolonged use has to be considered. Nobody expects kids to torch their toys every day. On the other hand, I used to play a lot of Joan of Arc when I was a kid - never did me any harm, but Little Ted hated it...

Emp

[katink]

You have a great way of putting things Emp, as often happens this post again gave a grin here

All the same though: since when are we out to smolder or burn our cartridge-filler... don't know about you, with your Jean d'Arc tendencies of course... but I'm certainly nót burning or even smoldering anything fillerwise